2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nijel Amos   Botswana	Jacob Rozani   South Africa	Rynhardt van Rensburg   South Africa

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Boaz Kiprugut	Kenya	1:48.63	Q
2	3	Sampson Laari	Ghana	1:48.80	Q
3	4	Jacob Rozani	South Africa	1:49.91	Q
4	3	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:49.94	Q
5	1	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:50.19	Q
6	4	Bacha Morka	Ethiopia	1:50.25	Q
7	3	Nyasha Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	1:50.34	q
8	1	Albertino Mamba	Mozambique	1:50.39	Q
9	4	Mohammad Dookun	Mauritius	1:50.88	Q
10	1	Moussa Camara	Mali	1:51.08	Q
11	1	Dey Dey	South Sudan	1:53.20	q
12	3	Fathi Ahmed Adam	Sudan	1:53.82	q
13	3	Abraham Matet	South Sudan	1:54.85	q
14	4	Abraham Guot Thon	South Sudan	2:02.03
15	2	Benedicto Makumba	Malawi	2:02.22	Q
16	2	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	2:02.57	Q
17	2	Rynhardt van Rensburg	South Africa	2:02.81	Q
	1	Yobsan Girma	Ethiopia	DNS
	1	Benjamín Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	DNS
	1	Lumpongu	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	DNS
	2	Feysal Mohamed Adan	Somalia	DNS
	2	Daniel Nghipandulwa	Namibia	DNS
	2	Adisa Girma	Ethiopia	DNS
	3	Eric Nzikwinkunda	Burundi	DNS
	4	Kevin Bobando	Republic of the Congo	DNS
	4	Samuel Yaro	Ghana	DNS
	4	Lamin Keita	Gambia	DNS
	4	Gift Ngwenya	Zimbabwe	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Albertino Mamba	Mozambique	1:48.36	Q
2	2	Sampson Laari	Ghana	1:48.46	Q
3	2	Jacob Rozani	South Africa	1:48.48	Q
4	2	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	1:48.52	q
5	2	Nyasha Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	1:49.69	q
6	1	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:49.91	Q
7	1	Rynhardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1:50.55	Q
8	1	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:51.30	Q
9	1	Moussa Camara	Mali	1:51.59
10	1	Mohammad Dookun	Mauritius	1:52.45
11	1	Dey Dey	South Sudan	1:52.91
12	1	Fathi Ahmed Adam	Sudan	1:53.39
13	2	Bacha Morka	Ethiopia	1:56.21
14	2	Benedicto Makumba	Malawi	2:00.46
	1	Boaz Kiprugut	Kenya	DQ
	2	Abraham Matet	South Sudan	DQ

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1:45.11
	Jacob Rozani	South Africa	1:45.38
	Rynhardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1:46.15
4	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	1:46.16
5	Albertino Mamba	Mozambique	1:46.34
6	Sampson Laari	Ghana	1:47.62
7	Kabelo Mohlosi	South Africa	1:50.00
8	Nyasha Mutsetse	Zimbabwe	1:50.90

References

1. Results